The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-12
. DREAM WITH A MEANING.
The Alien Who is Opposed to Ger
tain Laws.

GREAT DARLINGTON, Mass, June l, '87
IN the Editor of THE HERALD.
had dream the other night which
has troubled nae, and I want you 70
lear the matter up inssmuch as 1t re-
Istes to affairs in your country. hao
bean thinking of the dealings OF the
limited Ststes officials with your people,
and nv mind was wrought up on the
onastion which is probably the reason
for nv extravagant and ridiculous
dream. Certainly no judge could 60 10
tbelengths that heard in my dream
one of your judges, without writing
himself down an ass"
But here it is, and 1 want you to tell me
- Won can what to make OF 1t:
t6onoht I sat in the court room at
Oadan THE court was IN session. a
Dergor anneared before the court 10 be
potnraIized when the following CONVEX
sation ensued: ;.;
Gonrt-You wish to become cltlzen
of the United States2
6onrtNAre you attached to the Con-
citation and the laws OF this country?
G6o;urt|Ind you are willing to obey
them?
Ayes.
Court-A1 OF them?
A.-Yes ,.
Court-Whst is your business.
Al am engaged in mining ana
manufacturing.
Court-Siver mining
Gonrt~WelI, you know there are Ger
tain laws in relation to silver when are
onnosed in this western country, are
yon In favor Of those laws?
No, sir, am opposed to them,
think fhey are wrong in principle and
IL great Injustice to this section OF
Conrt-Weu, how can you be attached
to the laws of this country and at the
same time opposed 10 them? 80 many
neoplg here come before me to be nat
nraiized who say they will obey the laws
and vet find they are in spirit opposed
TO them. l don't see how can ADMIT
you to citizenship. You said you were
engaged in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES KIND
of manufacturing
A.-WOOlen SOOus'
Court presume you know the laws
in relation to this branch OF business
mean the tariff laws on wool, are you
attached to that laW2
A.--No, sir, am against it. l think
a protection tariff on raw material like
wool is an abomination, and | expect to
agitate against such laws and resist
them by every rightful means.
Court-Well, there you are again;
you openly say you expect to keep up
an agitation in this country about these
matters, and also, that you will resist
all such laws by what you may think
% be rightful means. No sir, this court
knows its duty too well to ever admit
such dangerous elements as you ack
nowledge yourself to be, to the great
privilege Of American citizenship. You
must be attached to all the laws.
Applicant Gnterrupting) - Your
Honor, an attached to the govern
ment-to tie Constitution and the laws
in general and am willing to promise to
obey these obnoxious laws, as well as all
others - long as they are the laws.
Court-That is not enough; and it
looks to me too much like equiYocation
for applicant to say he will OBEY laws in
good faith which he is opposed to, and
which he hopes to soon see repealed. If
you are not willing to say that you be-
iisVe these are good laws and that you
are attached to them and that you will
obey them for sll time to come, l must
refuse your application. Next.
swoke at this, and determined at
once to write you to find out whether
Judges are such foels, or whether my
dream was myth, DREAMER. :